Journalism and editorial support
Providing first-class native-English journalism, copywriting and sub- editing editorial support for universities and higher education media.
Copywriting and sub-editing
De la Cour Communications provided editorial advice and copy writing & sub-editing support to the UK’s International Higher Education Commission (IHEC), including for their report ‘Towards a future UK International Higher Education Strategy
Journalism
Among Nic’s recent stories for University World News:
- EU told to end haphazard funding of university alliances
- Mobility barriers hinder Africa-Europe research collaboration
- AI is coming for your work, expert warns university staff
- TNE surge offsets ongoing drop in foreign student numbers
- Fears over global mismatch between research and health needs
European clients
Previous clients have included Charles University in Prague and Oslo Met University in Norway and reports on universities in Australia, the US and Russia for Times Higher Education special supplements.
For the European higher education PR and comms network, (EUPRIO), we covered the Research Matters campaign aimed at European policy-makers and the communication challenges of reopening campuses after Covid-19.
Blogs
Blogs have looks at why Labour Prime Minister Keir Starmer is betting on a 2026 reset between the UK and EU and whether Starmer can find the time to fix UK higher education.
Meanwhile my health blogs gave an insight on how to cope with cancer and heart failure to just how hard can it be to give up alcohol?
Awards
Nic won the Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR) Outstanding Higher Education Journalism Award for his report for BBC news online on the East-West European brain drain after Lithuania joined the EU in the years following the break-up of the USSR.
So, if you need help with higher education communications, email Nic.delacourcomms@gmail.com